with that said.... he is right, you prob couldn't handle 800hp if your life depended on it.

I know I really want the LS3 Camaro, but I'm bit nervous to see how I'll handle it, even if I'll have about 5 years of driving experience by then. The highest horsepower car I've driven was my dad's manual 350Z.

10. A manual transmission is the ultimate in control
9. You can use automotive jargon and not sound like a total tool
8. You can't spell "manual" without "man"
7. Manual transmissions prove you can do more than one thing at a time
6. You can't drift in an auto
5. You can't pull fancy moves in an automatic
4. You get better fuel economy with a stick
3. You’ll never look like a chump if you can drive stick
2. Manual transmission cars are faster
1. Women like a guy who is good with his hands.

10. A manual transmission is the ultimate in control
9. You can use automotive jargon and not sound like a total tool
8. You can't spell "manual" without "man"
7. Manual transmissions prove you can do more than one thing at a time
6. You can't drift in an auto
5. You can't pull fancy moves in an automatic
4. You get better fuel economy with a stick
3. You’ll never look like a chump if you can drive stick
2. Manual transmission cars are faster
1. Women like a guy who is good with his hands.

10. A manual transmission is the ultimate in control
9. You can use automotive jargon and not sound like a total tool
8. You can't spell "manual" without "man"
7. Manual transmissions prove you can do more than one thing at a time
6. You can't drift in an auto
5. You can't pull fancy moves in an automatic
4. You get better fuel economy with a stick
3. You’ll never look like a chump if you can drive stick
2. Manual transmission cars are faster
1. Women like a guy who is good with his hands.

Just like any other, you're basically buying the name of the company.
You can do the same to the car for probably less money on your own.

For a LOT less money I'm sure ... so sure in fact that I'm DOING it. I'm already building a Warhawk blocked, ETP headed 427 for my 2010. I'm willing to bet a steak dinner I make more power for less money than LPE by a LONG shot.

To put 800 HP in context, that is more power (quite a bit with the restrictor plates installed) than any of the NASCARs will have at Daytona this weekend. You could win the race with the Pace car if you took the speed governor off the Camaro.